Halcott pbide jones



(Model.)

H. PQ JONES. DANGER. SIGNAL.

Panzented Nov. 1 1886.

' VvUnirse Sterns PATENT trice.'

RALGOTT rRiDn JONES, on HILLsRoROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

DANGER-SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION forming par-t of Letters Patent No. 352,618, dated November 16, 1886.

Application tiled May 15, 1885. Serial No. 165,591.' (Model.)

T0 all whom it 11mg/ conccrm,

Be it known that I, Hnrcofr'r PRIDE JONES,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsborough, in the county of Orange and State of 5 North Carolina, have invented certain new andv ro it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

, and to the letters and igu res of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this speciication.

The-object of my invention is to provide a -promptly-acting and reliable signal of warning and intelligence by a novel combination. When attached to the rear coach of a train of cars, it is atthe service ofthe engineer or other zo person thereon, in case of au accident happening to slacken speed or prevent 'further progress, to signal this fact to any locomotive following it, and'thus check an impending collision. The apparatus maybe attached to both .25 locomotive and stationary obj ects from which a'quick signal is desired to be displayed. This object I attainv by the mechanism illustrated vin theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the entire apparatus with signal displayed. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is arear viewshowing hoW the case may be attached to a car or other object. Fig. 4. is a vertical sectionpof the mechanical apparatus, .the same as in Fig. 1, except that a drop-weight is substituted for the spring.'

Similar letters refer tosimilar parts through-l out the four views.

A B is a pivoted standard held in a perpendicular position by the pivot F and catch G, which catch may be loosed by. pulling the cord D.

E E is a spring, which contracts to E E" upon thus loosing said catch from the position indicated by dotted lines E, Fig. 1, to the position indicated by full lines in the same view, and has-one end attached to base of standard A B, and the other to the apparatus-case. The standard A B is instantaneously swung around its pivot F to the position shown in Fig. 1 in 'fulllines A B by the automatic contraction of said spring.

II II is a fixed standard secured within the apparatus-case by bearings I I. The signalag at full display is shown between the said standards and the arc A A.

`K K K are ribs forming part of and supporting said dag, `and holding it out to its l'ullest extent; L L, screws holding the respective edges of the dag in slits of the standards.

M M are screw-eyes fastening the main spring E to case and pivoted standard; N, axlebox forsaid pivot; O Ov O O, outlines of case; P I), brackets for attaching the case to a car or` other object; R It, open compartment'for spring-catch C, bearings I I, and the iag with its standards; S S, open compartment and recess for holding base of standardv A B, spring E E, and its fastenings M M; T T T, screws for securing sides of case to solid parts within.

D D is a handle to the catch-spring C. b is a perforation in the case for the working of said handle and connecting it with said spring, and a is the neck of said standard A B, fitting loosely in catch C. i l

The apparatus-case may be wholly of-metal. or wood, or other solid suitable substance, or in part of each. Its dimensions will be governcd by the space to be occupied upon the Object to which it is to be attached. It is an oblong, say wooden or metallic, box, and, as for a railwaycoach, it will answerts purpose when made thirty-six inches in length,v ten inches in breadth, and four in thickness. It willvconsist of two sides and solid parts be# tween the sides. l The solid parts will each consist of a board, say, thirty-six by ten inches, and, say, one-fourth of an inch thick. The solid parts `will be; three and one-half inches thick, and occupy all the space between the sides not needed for holding and Working the spring-catch and mainspring, pivoted standard, the folding and unfolding of the signaliag, and holding in place the fixed standard, standard-bearings, and mainspring-fastenings.

The catch C may be of metal, inserted in thel open compartment provided, as above, for it and the 'iiagf This front compartment may be five inchesin depth,being half of thebreadth of the sides. This would allow the 'standardi catch marked C (after'being screwed or driven into the bottom of this compartmentnear the case-top, in position to receive the tip' or neck a of the pivoted standard A B) to project as catch C through an orifice in the solid part at the top of the case to a cord or conductor to be attached on the outside. This orifice is ol" sullicient size to allow free play to said catehhandle. This catch C has also a standard socket or perforation fitting loosely over the neck a. The pivoted standard in the case above described may be thirty-two inches in length, allowing space for the free action of the springcatch above it, and p also for its base below the pivot. The length ol' base to shoulder, )ne inch above pivot, is six inches, and the neck being one inch, the shaft of the pivoted standard is twenty-flve inches long. Two me- :allic collars encircle the shaft just below the neck and just above the base, and, being each i. half inch deep, occupy one inch of its length, 1nd leave twenty-four inches for the length of zhe slit to receive the outer straight edge of the la The iixed standard H H will be twenty-five nches long, including a neck at either end ne inch long; and two similar metallic collars, iccu'pying one-half inch each', leave twenty- `hre'e inches for the slip to hold the inner traightedge of4 the flag. Both slits are :lamped with screws to keep lthe iiag even and )revent slipping.

-The bearings II and fastenings M M may )e metallic screws with ring-heads, allowing he fixed standard H II and spring E E to be `eadily removed `and replaced. The bearings I I will'be so located as to bring the top of lit in standard H H to the same height as that n standard A B when both standards are lixed ithin the case.

The body. of the flag will be of silk, or any ther material similar' in flexibility, and proyided with ribs-say of whalebone, wood, or metalwhich may be stitched in the1 iiag, esecially if the ilag be made of two thicknesses; r the ribs may be secured lby rivets. The ag, when of the material above suggested, fill be hemstitched or bound along its outer nd inner curved edges. It should be of a right color, to readily catch the eye, a iiexible olored transparency being used with a light t night. The pivot F, of wood or metal, will un through the Acase from the sides, and be of Jiicient size and strength to resist the pressre upon it. y

The spring E E, attached to the base of :andard A B, will be a metallic spiral (or of ny yother substance or shape) of suicient ren'gth to automatically throw out this stand- ."dto an angle of forty-five degrees and firmly )ld it so. As in the ease of the ixed standthc other end to the case. A recess is provided between the sides ofthe case at S S, of`

the length required for the spring thus located ards, screws with ring-heads will connect one end of this spring to the base of the rod and' Below the front4 compartment of it a solid porvtion of the case will be made and so placed as to meet and iirml y support the pivoted standard when it is swung upon its pivot to ahorizontal. position.

The case may be all of one piece; 4but when l consisting of the two sides and solid parts, as described, the whole may be screwed together.

It may be made entire with brackets; or the brackets P I may belet into the case, crossing the solid portions atright angles, and se-A cured by bolts or screws. It is attached tothe object desired by mears of screws or bolts through the arms ol' the brackets. upper and lower ends of the case the solid parts will extend lacross its whole width to firmly support its sides, and be nowhere less than an inch deep.

The pivot F is provided with an axle-box, so that the pivot may receive proper attention without removing it. This axle-box maybel of the same material as the case, and is put on with screws.

In case a drop-weight is substituted for the spring E E, the upperparts of the case may remain as above described, and the shape and fastenings of the flag will all be the same, and so will the springfcatch C and its handle Dl D; but'thc pivoted standard will 4be made in At the ma ,i

the shape of the Roman capital letter-L, with f an upper vlong and lower short arm, with'an r orice for the pivot near their right angle',and

with a weight of sucient gravity to bring the upper arm, when released from-.catch '0, inl stantaneously from a vertical to a horizontal r posit-ion. This weight is located at the-outer extremity tl the lower arm. It is obvious Vno that this automatic and instantaneous action may also be attained by substituting for the spring E E, as described, a spiral` spring f coiled around the pivot F, with one end attached to it and the other end free, and bearing npon the rod A B. This is recommendedfor its simplicity. Across the lower end of the case for a drop-weight the solid portion may extend across it, as in the other case; but

the front compartment must be of suicient length and depth to allowfi'ree play to the arms'of the L-shaped standard. Its brackets will be the same; but no open compartment I will be needed in its rear. For this last-named case the sides can be made to cover all of the lower arrn,-if desired, when standingweady toy signal. v

I am aware that a folding signal is not new; nor is avilag displayed in part by means o'f `a,

pivoted rod; nor is vthe 'method of loosing the 130 .l broadly new to connect a stationary anda pivcatch-spring C. `I am aware-that it is not oted standard by a strip'of `flexible material 12sv4 i y provided with stay-ribs, and that 'means have l been provided for holding the pivoted stand-A ard in a closed position. I therefore do not claim either of these; but

Vhat I do claim as my invention7 and desire to secure py Ietters Patent, is-

I. In tear-signal, the combination7 with a suitable ease, of a. fixed and aJ pivoted stand ard, a signalag secured to the standards, means for holding and releasing the pivoted standard, and a. spring att-ached to the pivoted standard at one end and to the ease at its other end7 substantially as set forth.

2. In a enr-signal7 the combination, with a suitable ease, of a, fixed and :L pivoted standard, the latter being provided With a, neck, a signal-Hag connecting said standards, a perforated spring-catch t0 engage the neck, means for releasing the catch from engagement with scribed, the spring se'enred to the pivoted standard, the spring-catch C, the handle D, and the rope secured thereto, substantially as set forth.

In testmon y whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. I

HALCOTT PRIDE JONES.

Witnesses: A

JOHN T. DOYLE, MATTHEW F. HALLORAN. 

